Tokyo, Japan

Sunday, April 12, 2026

TODAY
Tokyo, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

5:12 AM

5:12 AM

4:46 AM Blue hour, best color
5:12 AM Sunrise
5:46 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 25 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

6:11 PM

6:11 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

5:37 PM Golden hour
6:11 PM Sunset
6:37 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 12:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
12:30 AM to 2:40 AM
Where to look
South-southeastern horizon, up to 22° above it
Highest at
2:40 AM
Sky fully dark
7:40 PM to 3:42 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning crescent

31% lit

2:12 AM – 12:33 PM

ESE WSW
2:12 AM Moonrise
2:34 AM 4°
7:22 AM Highest, 35°
12:11 PM 4°
12:33 PM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:13 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:46 AM–5:12 AM
  • Morning best color 4:47 AM
  • Sunrise 5:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:12 AM–5:46 AM
  • Moonset 12:33 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:37 PM–6:11 PM
  • Evening best color 5:45 PM
  • Sunset 6:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:11 PM–6:37 PM
  • Fully dark 7:40 PM–3:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:40 PM–2:50 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to SE, 47 deg up
Tue 13 Oct 2026 4:59 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, ESE to ESE, 43 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 4:03 AM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 3:58 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 4:34 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 4:34 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 12:12 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:10 PM to 4:40 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:20 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 1:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 72.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 5:07 PM Partial lunar eclipse 93% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 3:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:13 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 39.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 3 Nov 2032 3:35 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:12 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 7:55 PM Partial solar eclipse Totality here
Sun 2 Sep 2035 10:09 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it